2023-11-02T22:00:00Z
ESTONIA CONCERT HALL, TALLINN, ESTONIA
ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR
VOX CLAMANTIS
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (ERSO)
ANDREA LAUREN BROWN – SOPRANO
KIM PORTER – ALTO
DANILA FRANTOU – TENOR
ALVAR TIISLER – BASS
CONDUCTOR – JAMES MACMILLAN
SOUND – KLASSIKARAADIO, ESTONIAN PUBLIC BROADCASTING
PRESENTER – ANNE AAVIK (RADIO CLASSIC, ESTONIAN PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
SOUND ENGINEER – TEET KEHLMANN
TECHNICIANS – ANTON VENTSEL, MAGNUS KAUS
VIDEO PRODUCTION – HELIPILT OÜ (TAMMO SUMERA, MAIT VISNAPUU, PRIIT PEREND, EVA-LIISA HEINMAA)
CONCERT BROADCAST IN COOPERATION WITH ERSO, KLASSIKARAADIO/ESTONIAN PUBLIC BORADCASTING (ERR), HELIPILT OÜ.
CONCERT ORGANISER – ERSO
PRE-CONCERT EVENT
JAMES MACMILLAN
TWO MOTETS FROM THE COLLECTION STRATHCLYDE MOTETS
O Radiant Dawn
Factus est repente
MÄRT-MATIS LILL SPEAKS WITH JAMES MACMILLAN
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SYMPHONY CONCERT
I
ARVO PÄRT
LA SINDONE 9’
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
SINFONIA DA REQUIEM, OP 20 20’
II
JAMES MACMILLAN
SYMPHONY NO. 5 LE GRAND INCONNU 50’
In November, Scottish composer and conductor James MacMillan visited Estonia. Last year, he ranked 10th on the list of most performed living composers on Bachtrack. The concert programme was put together with the season of All Souls in mind. In addition to his own fifth symphony, MacMillan has selected works by Arvo Pärt and Benjamin Britten for the ERSO concert programme.
MacMillan’s sound is influenced by his Scottish heritage, his Catholicism, his social sensitivity, and his close connection with Celtic folk music. Similar to Pärt, religion plays an important role in MacMillan’s work. In his fifth symphony, subtitled Le grand Inconnu, his music attempts to explore the mystery of the Holy Spirit. In the choral part of the work, Macmillan has used sacral texts in English, Latin, Ancient Greek, and Hebrew, which will be presented at this concert by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Vox Clamantis.